Belt pouch



Nov. 24, 1964 K. c. WITHEE 3,158,300

BELT POUCH Filed April 2, 1962 IN V EN TOR. IQME) (f lV/fl/t'f win 519 United States Patent Ofiiice 3,158,366 Patented Nov. 24, 1964 3,158,360 BELT PQUQH Kenneth C. Withee, 3M2 E. Euclid, Des Moines, Iowa Filed Apr. 2, 1962, fier. No. 134,145 2 Claims. (Ci. 224-6) This invention relates to a container adapted to be worn by the user, and more particularly to a flexible belt supported pouch.

Most people experience frequent occasions when it is necessary to carry on their persons certain equipment items, tool-s, supplies, and like. In many cases the pockets in coats, trousers, shirts, and like clothing are not practicable as container for certain items. This is especially true for hunters and fishermen, where items such as fishing flies, fishing plugs, fishhooks, ammunition, knives, and like must be available. Some effort has been made to meet such needs, but the proposed containers are uncomfortable to carry, are complicated and costly.

Therefore one of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a belt supported pouch for holding items, that is flexible and comfortable to wear.

A further object of this invention is to provide a belt pouch formed from one sheet of leather or like.

A still further object of this invention is to provide an item holding pouch that may be quickly slid to any desired position on the belt of the user.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a belt pouch that has no sharp corners.

Still further objects of my invention are to provide a belt supported pouch that is economical in manufacture, durable in use, and refined in appearance.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangements, and combination, of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, specifically pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a front view of my pouch;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the pouch;

FIG. 3 is a reduced plan view of the cut sheet for producing the pouch;

FIG. 4 is a reduced plan View of the sheet showing the first step in the sewing of the belt loop flap into place;

FIG. 5 is a reduced perspective view of the pouch after being sewed together;

FIG. 6 is a reduced perspective view of the pouch after the same has been turned inside out to produce the finished product; and

FIG. 7 shows my pouch in use.

In these drawings 1 have used the numeral 10 to generally designate an elongated cut sheet of leather or like. It is such a single sheet that 1 fold and sew to produce my pouch. The sheet 10 is elongated and has three fold lines 11, Hand 13, that are centrally located and extend transversely of the longitudinal axis of the sheet. At one side of these fold lines is the front portion and at the other side of these fold lines is the back portion 16. These two portions 15 and 16 are each rectangular and the four corners l7, 18, 19 and 26 are cut off as shown in FIG. 3. Centrally located on the free end of the back portion 16 and an extension thereof is a flap portion 21. Spaced apart from the free end of the front portion 15 I install a zipper opening and closing means 23. This opening extends transversely of the sheet Ill and after the sheet has been sewed this zipper opening will be positioned below the top edge of the pouch as shown in FIG. 1. The first folding and sewing step is shown in FIG. 4. The flap portion 21 is folded back onto the back portion on line 22 and sewed at 25 across its lower edge to the portion 16. The second step consists in folding and sewing as shown in FIG. 5. The sheet is folded on the center line 12 to extend downwardly, then the back portion 16 is folded upwardly on the line 11 and the front portion 15 is folded upwardly on the line 13. This brings the corner area 17 adjacent the corner area 18 and the corner area 19 adjacent the corner area 20. The left side edge area is sewed at 26 and the right side edge area is sewed at 27. At this stage the flap 21 and the face of the zipper means are on the inside of the bag. The next step is to turn the bag inside out, thus bringing the flap 21 and the face of the zipper means to the outside. The free end of the front portion is folded inwardly on the line 29. This fold curved line 29 is adjacent the curved fold line 22. The last step is to sew the top shut at 30. The users belt 31 is threaded between the flap Z1 and back portion 16 as shown in FIG. 7. An easily grasped streamer 32 may be secured to the zipper actuator to facilitate its manual operation. The width of the flap 21 should be such as to extend from the blunted corner 17 to the blunted corner 1? of the back portion so that there will be no rough edges when this area is sewed to the rounded fold line of the top area. of the front portion.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of my belt pouch without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim:

1. The method of producing a of material, comprising,

the forming of an elongated rectangular sheet having blunted corners and an integral flap portion extending centrally from one end thereof,

the forming of an opening in said sheet,

the folding of the flap inwardly onto the sheet,

securing the free edge of said flap to said sheet by sewing,

the downward folding of said sheet at its longitudinal central area,

the folding of said sheet upwardly from each side of downward fold line; said two upper fold lines being spaced from the center fold line,

said last folding creating a back portion and a front portion, "and said blunted corners being in overlapping relationship to provide said pouch with blunted corners at its top,

the securing of the adjacent side edges of said front portion and said back portion by sewing,

the turning of the unit inside out,

the folding of the top open edge area of said front portion inwardly, and

the securing of the upper edges of the front portion and the back portion together by sewing. 2. A belt supported pouch, comprising, in combination, a single elongated sheet member folded to provide a front portion, a back portion and a bottom portion,

an integral flap portion on the upper end of the back portion folded downwardly onto the outer side of said back portion,

sewing securing the lower edge of said flap portion to said back portion,

sewing securing the side edges of said back portion to said front portion together,

sewing securing the upper ends of said front and black portions together,

an entrance passageway inthe upper portion of said front portion,

said bottom portion comprising a first and a second section'of the elongated sheet member positioned between the lower euds of said front and back portions, said first section, said second section, and said front pouch from a single sheet portion and said back portion each positioned normally in substantially adjacent parallel planes,

said first and said second sections integrally connected along their inner edges,

said first section integrally connected along its outer edge to said front portion and said second section integrally connected along its outer edge to said back portion, and

sewing securing together the side edges of said back portion, said front portion, said first section and said second section, and said first and second sections References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Northcross Apr. 14, 1936 Nagel Jan. 19, 1937 Rosenberg Feb. 7, 1939 Watkins Sept. 8, 1942 Pollak June 28, 1949 

1. THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A POUCH FROM A SINGLE SHEET OF MATERIAL, COMPRISING, THE FORMING OF AN ELONGATED RECTANGULAR SHEET HAVING BLUNTED CORNERS AND AN INTEGRAL FLAP PORTION EXTENDING CENTRALLY FROM ONE END THEREOF, THE FORMING OF AN OPENING IN SAID SHEET, THE FOLDING OF THE FLAP INWARDLY ONTO THE SHEET, SECURING THE FREE EDGE OF SAID FLAP TO SAID SHEET BY SEWING, THE DOWNWARD FOLDING OF SAID SHEET AT ITS LONGITUDINAL CENTRAL AREA, THE FOLDING OF SAID SHEET UPWARDLY FROM EACH SIDE OF DOWNWARD FOLD LINE; SAID TWO UPPER FOLD LINES BEING SPACED FROM THE CENTER FOLD LINE, SAID LAST FOLDING CREATING A BACK PORTION AND A FRONT PORTION, AND SAID BLUNTED CORNERS BEING IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP TO PROVIDE SAID POUCH WITH BLUNTED CORNERS AT ITS TOP, THE SECURING OF THE ADJACENT SIDE EDGES OF SAID FRONT PORTION AND SAID BACK PORTION BY SEWING, THE TURNING OF THE UNIT INSIDE OUT, THE FOLDING OF THE TOP OPEN EDGE AREA OF SAID FRONT PORTION INWARDLY, AND THE SECURING OF THE UPPER EDGES OF THE FRONT PORTION AND THE BACK PORTION TOGETHER BY SEWING. 